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I rarely go on Craigs list and even more rare that I do a search for tools. That said...I did and it led me to a shop from one of the buyers from the show Storage Wars... Store was typical thrift shop with nothing I wanted...except for a large table of vintage wrenches. I left quit a few behind due to the typical pricing method of "bigger must be worth more". Here is what I did drag homeFirst pic - Left to right1-8" HD Smith S.I.S Monkey wrench2- I know we have seen this before ( I want to say concrete wrench)3- 4" Mossberg -D- bicycle wrench4- 8" Ampco? BECU pliers5- 10" Robinson Second pic6- 6 1/4" Collins & Co monkey wrench7- 7 3/4" marked Pat Applied for scissor handled pipe wrench8- 8" Mauser Adjustable Third pic9- 16" H.D. Smith monkey wrench with bolt on pipe jaw10- 12" Unmarked Coes type monkey wrench with bolt on pipe jaw11- Whats left of a 10" Utility Wrench co LD monkey wrench - Pat Aug 13, 1878 and Sept 4 1883 clearly stamped. Handle it only half there. No spring on trigger. Ferrule looks like a dog tok a bite of it...

Nice finds, The add on pipe jaws are nice, the Atwater Utility can be restored, I've made springs for the small ones already. The bigger ones are actually harder to make because the don't come apart as easily.